Course detail

Geotechnical Laboratory

FAST-CF54Acad. year: 2016/2017

New methods of physical-mechanical soil properties evaluation.
Determination of pore pressures and volume changes.
Determination of mechanical properties. Proctor test.
Short-term and long-term strength.
The influence of geotechnical structures in the environment (ground water, geological environment, the regeneration of the damaged landscape by human activities.
Influence of geotechnical structures on environment. Czech and EU legislature about looking on influence of constructions on environment.
Geotechnics and environmental protection. The tasks of geotechnics at waste saving and deactivation – waste dumps, dumps, slime pits, utilization in earth bodies.
Mechanical behaviour of frozen soils.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Kamila Weiglová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Geotechnics (GTN)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will master the course objective, will acquaint the new methods of interpretation of physical-mechanical properties of soils and will be able to check the influence of geotechnical structures into environment.

Prerequisites

Types of foundation soils, properties of soils, limit states theory, basic principles of structural mechanics, theory of strength and elasticity, structure design.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Soils as particular materials. Classification of soils (ČSN EN 1997-2).
2. Physical index tests and special tests for earth bodies (in situ tests).
3. New methods of mechanical soil properties evaluation.
4. Determination of input parameters of constitutive relations.
5. Determination of pore pressures and volume changes and stress path method.
6. Evaluation of influence of geotechnical constructions on environment, laboratory tests of geochemistry.
7. The tasks of environmental geotechnics at waste saving. Waste material properties.
8. Redevelopment of old ecological damages, determination of risk elements content.

All-day excursions (geotechnical constructions, in-situ tests, geotechnical laboratories in the Czech and Slovak republic) are included during the course, too.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To acquaint the students with the new methods of interpretation of physical-mechanical properties of soils. To teach the students to check the influence of geotechnical structures into environment.


Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BOWLES, J. E.: Engineering Properties of Soils and their Measurement (4th Edition). McGraw-Hill Companies, 1992. (EN)
SARSBY, R.: Environmental Geotechnics. Thomas Telford Publishing, 2000. (EN)
WEIGLOVÁ, Kamila: Mechanika zemin. Brno: AN CERM , s.r.o., 2007. (CS)

Recommended reading

MÜHLHAUS, H. B.: Continuum Models for Materiále with Microstructure. USA: John Wiley & Sons, 1995. (EN)
Český normalizační institut: ČSN EN 1997-2 , Eurocode 7. Český normalizační institut, 2007. (CS)
BUDHU, Muni: Soil Mechanics and Foundations. USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-K-C-SI Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-C-SI Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme N-P-E-SI Master's

    branch K , 2. year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Kamila Weiglová, CSc.

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Kamila Weiglová, CSc.